Last year, 9-year-old Rachel Beckwith gave up her birthday gifts with hopes of raising $300 for Charity: Water, to provide 15 people with clean water in developing countries. She came a little short of her goal, and vowed to raise more next time. She was killed in a car accident a few months later.
After her death, people around the world began to donate, and Rachel’s dream has expanded to provide water for 60,000 so far, as well as clean-water wells in communities all over the world. On July 23rd, one year after her death, her mother traveled to Ethiopia to experience the contributions first hand.